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Man Charged With Shooting 16-Year-Old Boy In Woodlawn

(STMW) -- A South Side man has been charged with shooting and seriously wounding a 16-year-old boy last month in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.

Lawrence Longstreet, 19, faces a felony count of aggravated battery with a firearm for the attack that happened about 1:15 p.m. on Feb. 16 in the 6200 block of South Cottage Grove, according to a Chicago Police statement.

The boy was shot in the back and taken in serious condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center. He was uncooperative with investigators and no further details were available, police sources said at the time.

Longstreet, of the 2900 block of South Federal, is scheduled to appear in bond court on Sunday.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2015. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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